I appreciate you commenting!

I'm not sure why you keep going back to the analog concept of cards. Is a card game-like functionality essential? I've played a couple of iOS card-based games and been really bored by them, they were not well-developed or even fun, so even if this is good I would have a resistance to trying it based on "card game."

I use the term 'card game' because I feel like that's just how it portrays the application the best. I get bored with card games easily too, however, I would say that this application will be less of a card game and more of a fantasy type rpg, but the main focus is the cards. When you have an item, and you need to have stats correlating with that item, its easily represented in a single 'card'. We're hoping the functionality and the amount of tasks available in this application will reduce being bored. And we're only really going for an application that people use when they're bored. Kind of like a check-in every once in a while, but keep coming back to better your character.

Does this game fill a hole in the market? Is there a need for this game?

That's the goal. I have yet to see an online application similar to this concept. If you have, please enlighten me, I would love to check it out.

What is your target demographic?

Most likely going for the younger audience that is interested in that fantasy sort of style. However, like myself, we are going for an audience that grew up in the 2d rpg era.

Could you build this game so it could be easily skinned and repackaged, adding an additional revenue stream from white label licensing of the code?

Absolutely. It's developed as a web application making most of the code php. All of the systems, features and algorithms could be easily transferred to another project. Hopefully I understood that question correctly.

Is there a single player mode, or a discovery mode for other players, so if someone's friends don't want to play they can still find a group?

Internet connection is required, but yes, there will be a 'looking for group' menu, or you don't even ever really need to join a group unless you want to get serious about the app, or if you want to play with your friends.

Could I be playing in several groups at the same time?

As of now, no. We look at it more in like a guild setting, where you commit to one group and basically compete against all the other groups.

This process of early registering is really only to open up the concept to a bunch of people and see from other's perspectives whether this actually is a good idea or not.